Discussions By Condition: I cannot get a diagnosis.

Fake tonsils?!

Basic idea is that I occasionally cannot breath for several seconds. It always clears up. There seems to be some correlation to these spells and swallowing though I am not sure if they are guaranteed to go together. Month or Two back, a sleep specialist was surprised to hear that I had had my tonsils removed since he thought he had seen them when he looked. Any possible explanations?